I wanted to make this movie simply to tell a great story. I’ve always loved the mystery genre, and I wanted to make a multi-lingual, multi-layered thriller that doesn’t rely on the tropes of TV cop dramas. Besides the inspiration for the story, I also was itching to give my friend Pepe Serna a leading role for the first time in his 40 year career. He’s played colorful side characters so many times that I wanted to show a different, more serious and subtle side to his screen persona.